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Fcluudiness
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Sun
he Happenings of Jhc
i World
ported Up To Midnight In
the Morning Papers of
To day
Thc Pope is improving -British
Parliament wa8
pro-
- rorucd y
Promotions in the navy arc an-
tfouftced
Second Tennessee Regiment gets
id
a soaking
W JitirO UI1C 11UICU tuiiniuu una
beetcaught
i Rurne nf Wnvne went to the
favoiites
QfLi S C Day at Monteagle is
observed
New York Cotton market was on
thejlecline
Events among the wheelmen at
Indianapolis -
TSmtiher developments in thej
Hoei scandal S
A Onrdeath from yelloy fever at
Franklin La
Scarcity of wheat was noted t in
the Chicago pit
Gety Wheeler answers criticisms
aimed at Gen Shatter
Shifting of camps the orderof the
daat Santiago
ife C St Ry earnings for
July show an increase x
More American troops- leftVSan
tiago de Cuba for home
Secretary of State Day may be
appointed a Federal Judge
United States cruiser
phia reached Honblulu Aug 4
An entire iamuy in amicus vui
narrowly missed being poisoned
Two lady missionaries were killed
in an accident atrYokahoma -
A captured Spanish prize was
wrecked nine miles from Key West
resident McKinley praises the
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soldiers who failed to get to the
front
Nine members of the First Ten-
nesse arrive from Camp Merritt
English newspapers -are warm
over the developments in the far
East
It is reported that the Phillip
pine Junta at Hong Kong favors an
nexation
Exports of manufacturers of iron
and steel show a great increase in
U898 -
Two battalions of the Fourth
Tennessee Regiment went on the
a march
Madrid papers and people accept
2 the inevitable as gracefully as pos-
1 stble
J A big fight is promised over the
proposed McCoy bett battle at
i Buffalo
Percy Whittaker of the First
Tennessee Regiment died at San-
Francisco Mfc
The Virginia Carolina Chem-
ical Company has absorbed four
more mills -
War Department officials think
155000 men will be about the right
size for the army
Gov Taylor presents a flag and
makes a speech to the Fourth Ten
nessee Regiment
Nashville bank clearings for the
week ending August It show
crense of 2G8 per cent
uThe South is reaching out after
Mndustries according to the
Troopaie beginning to crowd
into Moatfuk Point before Gen
Young cantready for them
The bcar8hlatia try at the New
York stock mark
vantages being vyt
close
most of the ad
them at the
according to tne tifl reviewst
the prospects of peace
nqw to boom and many
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MbRNlKG NEWS
A WHITEWASH
Drowning Women and Children
Were Brutal
To the Heroic Sailors Lost on the
French Steamer at Cape
Sable
Paris Aug 13 Special -The
officers and rrew of the French
steamer La Bourgogne are -to be
decorated with the Legion of Honor
The official report claims that the
passengers showed all of the bru
tality when the ship sank and that
the crew were heroes
GREAT DATES v
DURING THE 113
DAYS OF WAR
APRIL 21
Gunboat Nashville
Fires First Shot
APRIL 25
Formal Declaration
of War by Congress
MAY 1
Dewey Destroys
Motejos Squadron
JTTLY1
First Day
Battle of Santiago
JULY 3
Cerveras Squadron
Destroyed off Santiago
JULY 14
Toral Surrenders
City of Santiago
JULY 31
Battle of rialate
Fought Near Manila
AUGUST 12
Peace Protocol
Signed at Washington
AN OFFICER KILLED
By a Desperate Burglar In a Louis
ville Street Duel
Louisville Aug 13 Special
Patrolman Jas J Heffernan was
fatally wounded yesterday by a
burglar named Clark while he and
Patrolman Whitman were engaged
in a pistol duel with Clark and
another burglar Clark shot from
the ground after being knocked
down just in time to keep him fron
shooting Whitman The burglars
escapee in the excitement that folr
lowed the shooting of Heffernan
The second man was wounded in
the arm by Whitman
SENT TO NASHVILLE
To Escape Danger Froni a Hpb
Violence V
ClarkRville Teun7Aug 13 Til
mon Drake the rejected Jover who
beat Mrs Florence Flolda brains
out with a smothing iron is again
in danger At Charlotte- 15 miles
from Marion the scene of his crime
where he has been in jail excite
ment continues intense and mob
law is openly spoken of by the
mans friendB Tq prevent a lynch
ing Brake was committed to Nash-
fvilfc for safety
Mr Floyds watch was foundn
hollow tre where Drake had
hidden it while he worehor ring
bU thiB Vat alfco recovered
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ttJ M Adams find children
jWftttito Madisonville thU morning
tiifc relatives
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Blockade Has Been Raisefl
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HOPHNSYILLE KY SAIURDAYFTEMOM
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He Will Quit When M Quit
New York Aug 13sfspccial
World from Sautiago djffi5pnjmtigubt
lycning
Jack York of Pcnrisylvania who hnaflgen serving withJarcia the
Cuban General has justfRrrivcd here IIcTrcpqrts that Garcia has sus
ponded operations fotfthirty days and given hiiff mciPQrmisfeimiitOigo
home with instructions to report to him atthcetul ofnimfciou
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and Havana Can Be Fed
Washington Aug 13 Special -The blockade of Cuban ports
was raised to day IrfcorderoUhc President and Havana can now be
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ppej for stWvHci fMdly nf Admiral Sampson nan been ordered
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LIVE NEWS
W t Wc Set The Pace
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The Protocol Was Signed at
pf ni on Friday
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The War fab Ended Officially By a Peace
Proclamation From the President
Washington August 13 -Special The
President this afternoon issued the following
proclamation jjk
By the President of the IJnited States of
America A Proclamation
Whereas By a protocol concluded and
signed August 12 1898 by William R Day
Secretary of State of the United States and
his Excellency Jules Oambon Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Re
public of France at Washington respectively
representing for this purpose the Govern
ment of the IJnited States and the Govern
ment of Spainthe United States and Spain
have formally agreed upon the terms upon
peace between the countries shall be under- the one hundred and twenty third
taken and
Whereas 1ft is in said rrotocol agreed
-
that i mon its conclusion and signature retarylof State
naval forces
Nowj therefore I William McKinley
President of the United States do in accord
ance with the stipulations of the protocol de
clare and proclaim on the part of the United
States a suspension of hostilities and do
command that orders be immediately given
through the proper channels to the comman
ders ofHhe military and naval forces of ithe
United States to abstain from all acts incon
sistent with this proclamation
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed
Done in the Oity of Washington this 12th
day of August in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety eight
which negotiations for the establishment of anci 0f the independence of the United States
william Mckinley
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By the President WILLIAM R DAY Sec-
ities between the two countries shall be sus J A qppy of the proclamation has been ca
pended and that notice to Jhat effect shall bled to our army and navy commanders
be given as soon as possible by each Govern- Spain will cable her commanders like
menttcrthe commanders of its military and instructions
Taffy for FranceShe
Did Us a Good Turn
Washington With simplicity in keeping- with
republican in8titutioniffi war which has raged between Spain and
the United States foraperiod of three months and twenty two days
was quietly lerminatcdiatftwenty three minutes past four oclock his
afternoon when Secretary Day for the United States and M Cambon
for Spain in the presencWof President McKinley signed a protocol that
will form the basis of a definite treaty of peace It is but simple justice
to our sister republic of TCrance to record the fact that to her good offices
tilts speedy termiuntionbfjthc war that migfit have run on indefinitely
was brought about and the president himself deemed that action on the
part of her French Government as worthy of his special praise
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Garcia Grants a Furlough
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to bring his squadron home and Admiral iMvVey lias bcuv instructed to
cease hostilities
Epidemic in Mexico
Of a Very Bad Type-
Mexico City Aug 13 Special Yellow fever pt the worst type
prevails at Merida and has reached the interior of the States of Yuca
tan and Campechc The heat is suffocating The h1hlth of the city
of Mexico has not been improved since the rains began and it is pro
posed to adopt the cremation system here on a large scale
Piatt Backs Tracey for
A Peace Commissioner
Washington Aug 13 Special mor Piatt of New York
called on the President and ask for the agnffintmut of Gen llenjamin
IVacey of New York ex secretary of thinayy as i member of the
peace commission jf
Yellow Fever Reappears
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A Deailrat Franklin la
ITouston Texas Aug 13- SpcciaijRriie Southern Inctlic has
been notified by the State health officer tun no more traiiis froih the
cast until furtherordersm account oS yellow fever at raulcjln Ln
in the
Sampson and Schley Made Admiral
Washington Aug 13 - Special Sampson and Schley are both
made Roar Admirals and Capt Philip a Commodore Many other pro
motions arc announced
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